Category Archives: Sales & Marketing

Advertising During a Recession

Don’t skimp on advertising during recessions. Even your competitor’s advertising keeps your product type a priority in the customer’s mind. Two recent examples — A president of a large company was recently complaining about his competitor. It was not what you might have expected. He was complaining that the other company was NOT spending money Continue Reading

How to Stay Alive in the Advertising Business

The best kind of advertising is the kind that sells a great product and pays for itself (and then some). Let’s look at the second part: The ads need to cover their cost. If you are selling advertising in the Internet age, you need to prove in dollars and cents that it is actually worthwhile. Continue Reading

Measuring the Right Metrics in Internet Marketing

Today was a perfect example of why we need to measure the right stats when doing email marketing. We ran an A/B test this morning. One group of customers got subject line A; the other got B. Subject line A was opened more, so we sent A to the rest of our mailing list. (Be Continue Reading

Social Media – Why do it?

Why should anyone spend their time on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, or Twitter? Should company presidents and other leaders Tweet? Yes, here are six reasons. Google search ranking —  Social media blogs, tweets, and comments that include a link to your website increase your “link authority,” which makes it more likely to place higher on search Continue Reading

Networking: Vital Connections for Executives

No one, no executive, is so intelligent that he/she can go it alone. There are thousands of people who are willing to share their experiences and recommendations with you. I attend the So. California Executive Roundtable run by George Schmutz, a former president of Xerox and now an executive recruiter. This group of 10 non-competing Continue Reading